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NICHOLAS PARASILITI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1945 – March 14, 1968
Service recordNicholas Parasiliti, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 3 AMR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 51
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · March 14, 1968
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- EUGENE NELSONFireman · March 14, 1968
- DUANE RINEHARDT PASSIGSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.